jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (04/02/85)
> > The Beatles themselves laid that one to rest. It's really > > O.P.P. (Ontario Provincial Police). They picked it up on a > > Canadian tour or somebody sent it to them or something and they > > decided it'd look spiffy on a uniform. > > The third letter doesn't look like any "P" to me. But I have heard some > say that it stands for "Ontario Police Department". As someone who lives in Ontario, I can confidently say that the badge that Paul wore on the inside of the Sgt. Pepper cover is the official badge of the Ontario Provincial Police, therefore the letters are "O.P.P." However, on Paul's badge, the third letter is not visible enough to tell whether it's a "P" or a "D", so it became another clue for the rumour of Paul's death (O.P.D.: officially pronounced dead). I can see a possibility of this starting a whole rash of articles on clues for Paul's death, so I'll try to nip it in the bud with this: Make a list of all the clues you can think of, and MAIL them to me (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T POST THEM), and in a few weeks I'll summarize and post them. We already have the O.P.P/D. badge from Sgt. Pepper and "turn me on dead man" from Revolution 9 from recent postings, so there's no need to mention them. If the clue you give is not obvious, then expain it; for example, if your clue is, "Paul has bare feet on the cover of Abbey Road," say also why bare feet signifies death. -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsrgv!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff